Beyond the Law

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Larry Ferguson directs. Don Brochu cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
• 2Editor Don Brochu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 3Charlie Sheen and Linda Fiorentino and Michael Madsen carry the top of the cast.
• 4Marketing tagline: "Some men are meant to stand between good and evil.".
• 5IMDB entry: tt0103805 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 6Classified under 9 themes, including "corruption", "undercover", "biker", "cop".
• 7Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Editing

Don Brochu

Production design

James L. Schoppe

Costume design

Ileane Meltzer

Makeup / hair

David LeRoy Anderson

Stunt coordinator

Steve M. Davison

Runtime

108 min · 1h 48m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Budget

$18,000,000

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Beyond the Law (1993) ↗

IMDB rating

6.4/10 · 8,450 votes

MPAA

R

Also by

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  1997 · ★ 6.2

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Made Of Steel ≣ 1992 ≣ Trailer

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
  ★ 1/10

  Wow, people are calling this an awesome movie. I guess you can make anything and some people are bound to like it. But Linda Fiorentino was watchable. Anyway, I have a simple method, most of the time if the film is fun it gets 10 stars, and if it's not it gets 1. In Beyond the Law we pretty much see Sheen walking through the movie...as the star...while everyone else around him acts. And this includes the action that he also just kind of walks his way through right until the end where he walks into a room and everyone claps because they can finally end the nightmare and move on to other things in their lives. I'm pretty sure Sheen read the script and thought "Paycheck."

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Production companies

Who made it

• PO

  Polar Entertainment Corporation

  US

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  Capitol Films

  GB

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  Live Entertainment

  US

Key crew

• Executive ProducerJoseph M. Caracciolo Jr.
• Executive ProducerRichard N. Gladstein
• MusicCory Lerios
• MusicJohn D'Andrea
• Executive ProducerRonna B. Wallace
• ProducerMark Tarlov
• StuntsDanny Epper
• StuntsTommy J. Huff
• ProducerJohn Fiedler
• StuntsChuck Picerni Jr.
• Stunt CoordinatorSteve M. Davison
• StuntsTim A. Davison
• StuntsBuddy Joe Hooker
• StuntsDick Ziker
• CinematographyRobert M. Stevens
• EditorDon Brochu
• EditorRobert C. Jones
• CastingLouis DiGiaimo
• Production DesignJames L. Schoppe
• Set DecorationMarcia Calosio
• Costume DesignIleane Meltzer
• Makeup ArtistDavid LeRoy Anderson
• HairstylistGina Homan
• Key Hair StylistRyan McCormick

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• corruption
• undercover
• biker
• cop
• undercover cop
• drug lord
• gun dealer
• undercover investigation
• biker gang

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical1994-10-19R
• Physical1994-09-21
• TV1994-05-05

Also known as

International titles

• Recuerdos que matanES
• Justice de flicFR
• Fixing the ShadowUS
• Made Of SteelSE
• В гонитві за тіннюUA
• Fuld hammerDK
• Πέρα από τα όριαGR
• Arizona RiderFR
• Au-delà de la loiCA
• Fixing the shadowNL
• À Sombra de um DisfarceBR